Improvement in urinal-shields



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

nnnnnnio ADEE, on NEW YORK, n. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN URlNAL-SHIELDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 211,078, dated January7, 1879; application filed December 8, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED. ADEE, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Urinal-Shields, ofwhich the following is a full, true, and exact description, referencebein g had to the accompanying drawings.

In the ordinary construction of the urinalbasin it is customary that thewater-supply pipe enter the basin from above, while the drain-pipeleaves it from below. These wa terpipes and drain'pipes are connected byputty joints to the urinal-basin by means of nipples attached to andforming part of said basin. The urinal-basin is formed of porcelain orearthenware. The pipes, on. the other hand, being of lead or othermetal, present an unsightly appearance, and it is customary to. concealthem by means of caps or shields attached to the urinal-basin, andconcealing the joints of the water and drain pipes. These shields haveheretofore been made of metal; but it has been found impossible topreserve the surface of these metallic shields, owing to the action ofthe fluids upon them. Therefore, after a few days use, their surfacebecomes disintegrated and oxidized and very unsightly.

It has been known that metal is oxidizable by the action of the liquid,urine; but it has not been known until lately that metal was oxidizableby the gases arising therefrom. Nor has it been known that porcelainwould resist the action of such gases; and my apparatus is made for thepurpose of preventing the oxidation of metal by the gases arising fromurine, as distinguished from an oxidation arising from the liquiditself.

The object of my invention is to produce a urinal-shield which shallavoid these difficulties, and at the same time, being composed of thematerial of the basin itself, will be less noticeable, and will form abetter finish.

I purpose to make these shields or covers of porcelain or earthenware,corresponding to the material of the basin itself. Shields made in thisway are very readily cleaned if they should become at all foul, and arenot liable to the effects of oxidation and deterioration of theirsurface which I have previously mentioned. They are also cheaper thanthe metal shields, and are very readily attached to the urinal-basin.

My invention will be clearly understood from the accompanying drawings,in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective elevation of my basin withthe shields attached; Fig. 2, a central vertical cross-section of thesame.

A represents the basin, which may be of porcelain or similar material. Band B represent the shields. O and D represent the water-pipe anddrain-pipe attached to the nipples E and F, to which they may beattached by means of the ordinary putty-joint. H reprepresents thedrain-holes at the bottom of the basin.

By means of these contrivances the connecting-j oints are entirelyconcealed by the shields, which are readily accessibleand removable, andwhich may be easily cleansed.

The shields may be attached to the basin by some cement, preferablyplaster-of-paris. I arrange them also to be screwed to the wall byscrews screwed therein, so as to bring them into close contact with thetop and bottom of the basin. By attaching them wit-h screws in this waythey are readily removed.

WVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

As a new article of manufacture, a urinalshield made of porcelain, asdistinguished from one made of metal, whereby greater econ omy, purity,and cleanliness are obtained, substantially as described.

FRED. ADEE.

Witnesses E. N. DICKERSON, Jr., WM. J. SAWYER.

